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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)
Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)
Commentary
Justifying War: The Salafi-Jihadi Appropriation of Sufi Jihad in the Sahel-Sahara
Abdulbasit Kassim
Graduate Student, Islamic Studies & African Religions, Rice University
Jacob Zenn
Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Abdulbasit Kassim & Jacob Zenn
Commentary
Long Read
A satellite image shows what CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says appears to be concrete structures with retractable roofs on the artificial island Fiery Cross reefs in the South China Sea in this image taken February 7, 2017 and released on Fe
A satellite image shows what CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says appears to be concrete structures with retractable roofs on the artificial island Fiery Cross reefs in the South China Sea in this image taken February 7, 2017 and released on Fe
Commentary
How to Stop China in the South China Sea
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Arthur Herman
Senior Fellow
Arthur Herman
Commentary
4 Min Read
Pakistani devotees gather outside the shrine of 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb blew up at the shrine in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, February 17, 2017. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani devotees gather outside the shrine of 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb blew up at the shrine in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, February 17, 2017. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
The Fight Pakistan Must Wage Within
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Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Husain Haqqani
Commentary
6 Min Read
President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Commentary
The Echo Chamber Strikes Back
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
Commentary
8 Min Read
National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (2ndL) attends a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (2ndL) attends a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Commentary
What Flynn's Resignation Really Means
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Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Walter Russell Mead
Commentary
5 Min Read
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